Jersey City’s Grove Street Plaza was named a Great Place in New Jersey this week by the New Jersey chapter of the American Planning Association, which called the plaza “a great example” of what can happen when residents involve themselves in city planning.

Grove Street Plaza, more formally known as the Fitzgerald-Holota Memorial Park, is located outside that street’s PATH station, and regularly features live music, entertainment and local vendors hawking their wares.

Prior to its restoration, the plaza was merely the PATH station entrance.

“Its redevelopment as Grove Street Plaza provides much needed civic space for public gatherings, farmers markets, local art markets, cultural festivals and, of course, access for the 400,000 monthly commuters utilizing the PATH system located beneath the plaza,” said City Planner Bob Cotter in a press release.

Other public spaces on the APA’s list include Waverly & Lincoln Places in Madison and the Historic Perth Amboy Waterfront.